Engineering mouse chromosomes with Cre-loxP: Range, efficiency, and somatic applications

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 648-655

  Zheng, Binhai ^a   Sage, Marijke ^a   Sheppeard, Elizabeth A ^a   Jurecic, Vesna ^a   Bradley, Allan ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CONVERSION; GENES, LETHAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STEM CELLS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033985437     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.2.648-655.2000     Document Type: Article

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